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I am not quite sure how writing changes things, but I know that it does. It is indirect-like the trails of earthworms aerating the earth. It is not always deliberate-like the tails of glowing dust dragged by comets.

Erica Jong

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Erica Jong
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: March 26
Author
Feminist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
New York City
New York
Erica Mann Jong
Sure
Indirect
Doe
Glowing
Earth
Trails
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Tails
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Deliberate
Things
Dust
Earthworms
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Changes
Comets
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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I'm doing something right.
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